Episode

Till Death Us Do Part: Unemployment

Name: Till Death Us Do Part: Unemployment
Released: 1975-12-17
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Warren Mitchell, Una Stubbs, Anthony Booth, Dandy Nichols, Patricia Hayes

Till Death Us Do PartSeries 71975-12-17

Overview

Alf is not a happy bigot; he's lost his job and returns to an empty and dark house. And all on his birthday too. He fears that he has been burgled but in fact the lights go on and friends and neighbors are ready to spring a happy birthday surprise on him.

Details

Series: Till Death Us Do Part
Season: Season 7
Episode: Episode 6
Air date: 1975-12-17
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Unemployment is Episode 6 in Series 7 of Till Death Us Do Part. It aired on 1975-12-17. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 5: A Hole in One 1975-12-03 | 30 min Alf and Bert decide to increase their status by joining the local golf club though they're not very good and the regular club members notice. However, they learn that the seventeenth hole is famous in that everybody seems able to score a hole in one there and they set about faking their own version of obtaining the coveted score by cheating.

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